§ 41-8-1 - Duties of ski area operators.
SECTION 41-8-1
§ 41-8-1 Duties of ski area operators.– It shall be the duty of a ski area operator to comply with the followingrequirements and regulations:
(1) Whenever maintenance equipment is being employed upon anytrail or slope while the trail or slope is open to the public, the ski operatorshall place or cause to be placed, notice to that effect at or near the top ofany tramway or surface lift servicing any trail or slope in the area beingmaintained.
(2) The ski area operator shall also have the duty tomaintain and to identify all trail maintenance vehicles and to furnish thevehicles with flashing or rotating lights, which lights shall be operatedduring the time that the vehicles are working the trails or slopes, andlikewise during the time the vehicle is in movement from its normal andcustomary storage location to any other point within the ski area.
(3) With respect to the emergency use of motor drivenvehicles within the ski area, including, but not limited to, uses for purposesof removing injured or stranded skiers, or performing emergency maintenance orrepair work to slopes, trails, or tramway equipment, the ski area operatorshall not be required to post such signs as is required by subdivision (1), butshall be required to maintain such lighting equipment required by subdivision(2).
(4) All snowmobiles operated on the trails or slopes of theski area shall be equipped with a lighting device, which device shall be inoperation while the vehicle is in operation.
(5) The ski area shall likewise have the responsibility tomark the location of any hydrants used in snow making operations and locatedwithin or upon a slope or trail.
(6) Ski area operators shall maintain and operate, or causeto be maintained and operated, the ski areas under the control in a reasonablysafe condition or manner, and shall be required to maintain a sign system onall buildings, tramways, ski trails, and slopes.